Service difficulty report · Hydraulic System · Pilats PC1245

Difficulty date
February 25, 2024
Submitted
February 26, 2024
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N642PC
Make and model
Pilats PC1245
Aircraft serial
642
Aircraft time
12,762 hours, 16,834 cycles
Part
Hydraulic System
Part number
UNKNOWN
Condition
Leaking
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
K, J
Precautionary procedure
L, B

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ON APPROACH TO LAND TO PATIENT DROP-OFF, WHEN IPUTTING THE LANDING GEAR DOWN THE NOSEWHEEL GEAR INDICATION REMAINED ILLUMINATED "UNSAFE" (RED), AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THE HYDR CAWS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE TOWER AT EL PASO TOLD ME THAT THE GEAR LOOKED DOWN, BUT NOT LOCKED. REJECTED THE LANDING, AND REFERENCED THE PC-12/45 QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK (QRH) FOR LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTIONS AND PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE, USING THE HAND-PUMP. AFTER SEVERAL PUMPS OF THE HAND-PUMP, THE NOSE GEAR AUDIBLY LOCKED, AND SHOWED A "SAFE" (GREEN) INDICATION. I THEN LANDED NORMALLY, AND THEN CALLED MAINTENANCE, AVIATION AND OCC TO REPORT THE IRREGULARITY. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION. REMOVED AND REPLACED RELAY K501.